meh, school days isn't even an average eroge the only thing it has going for it is the fact that its fully animated, and its more shocking yandere endings. The rest of it is complete garbage.

Considering you probably have more experience with the genre, what would you say are the top-tier eroges?

These are the best of the ones that have been localized. The US localized market is not very good and is mostly full of sex romps. JastCrescendoYume Miru Kusuri: A drug that Makes You dreamfamily Project ~Kazoku Keikaku~Demonbane

He's made thousands of "kuso shujinko" (fucking main character) lists because even when you tell him to do the right thing he goes and does the complete fucking opposite anyway.

Mokoto isn't A rapist in School Days, at least not as far I have gotten. I have gotten half the endings so far and have seen no such behavior from Motoko. Motoko can make the right choices , the game just goes out of its way deny you the proper outcome of a sensible decision. His friend however....is a rapist.

For eroge recommendations, I +1 Crescendo wholeheartedly. Easily one of the best visual novels I've played, period. Eroge or otherwise. The writing is absolutely gorgeous. Sure, some girls' storylines are more compelling than others, but even the most straightforward one is well done. Fantastic game, highly recommended to anyone who likes visual novels. If I were allowed to review Crescendo for RPGFan, I'd give it an Editor's Choice stamp.